node/add "content type" in panels...how to???

anyone can help me on drupal 6.16, panels 3.x ?

i need to get a "node add" content type to front page using panels.

i have created a content type "request assistance", w/ additional field "category" as checkboxes.
adding to the menu is ok. clicking it goes to the "create request assistance" form just fine.

i have created a panel, for the front page, w/ 2 rows.

1st row shows the add node form for content type "request assistance",
2nd row shows details of the node of content type "request assistance" generated w/ views (works ok)

but for the 1st row, there's no way adding "create request assistance" form to the panel
for the 2nd row, easily added since its shown and selectable when adding content from panel.

what am i doing wrong here or is there any other way of doing it??

thank you very much .....